Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Until recently the idea of doing without bills and coins seemed like science fiction. But today, it’s a reality.
Image manipulation is nothing new. But deepfake is different and more dangerous because the technology is used as a weapon.
Mexican President-elect Andres López Obrador’s landslide victory was a huge success for his coalition, gaining control of most of the state legislatures. It has been decades since any Mexican government has had this level of political control.
The best antidote to an opaque world is an independent media. The Kremlin-controlled media is an effective user of new options offered by an increasingly blurred world.
U.S. Department of Education secretary Betsy Devos has reorganized the unit charged with investigating fraud at for-profit colleges. Ending these investigations have left students to bare the burden of these problematic behaviors.
Those in power now have much graver consequences due to globalization, technology, and the complexity of society. The kleptocracy and kakistocracy feed back on each other.
The world seems to be growing more paradoxical where democratic practices are becoming more popular among dictators. Democracy gives them something repression can’t - a modicum of legitimacy.
Maduro has no clue how to reverse any of the multiple crises he has set off. At this point, the goal of staying in power is just to be in power.
A blow-by-blow dissection of the statements made by the Venezuelan president.
A fake memo written to Cuban President Raúl Castro proposing action in relations with Venezuela.
